Diocese of East Anglia Dioecesis Angliae Orientalis | |
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Location | |
Country | England |
Territory | Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, and the Unitary Authority of Peterborough |
Ecclesiastical province | Westminster |
Deaneries | Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Great Yarmouth, Ipswich, King's Lynn, Norwich, Peterborough |
Coordinates | 52°24′11″N0°54′11″E / 52.403°N 0.903°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,570 km2 (4,850 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 2,487,200 108,000 [1] (4.3%) |
Parishes | 50 |
Schools | 28 [2] |
Information | |
Denomination | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 13 March 1976 |
Cathedral | St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich |
Patron saints | Our Lady of Walsingham, St. Felix, St. Etheldreda, St. Edmund |
Secular priests | 96 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Peter Collins |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Vincent Nichols |
Vicar General | David Bagstaff |
Bishops emeritus | Alan Hopes |
Map | |
Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia, within the Province of Westminster | |
Website | |
RCDEA.org.uk |
The Diocese of East Anglia (Latin : Dioecesis Angliae Orientalis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church covering the counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Peterborough in eastern England. The diocese makes up part of the Catholic Association Pilgrimage.
There are 85,309 members of the church, who belong to the 50 parishes in the diocese. The patrons of the diocese are Our Lady of Walsingham (24 September), St Felix (8 March), and St Edmund (20 November).
The diocese is divided into seven deaneries, which are in turn divided into 50 parishes. Note that the list below is not exhaustive, and includes only notable parishes.
parish name | church | location | web | founded | building |
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St Edmund | St Edmund King & Martyr, Bury St Edmunds | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | 1763 | 1837 |
Masses are also said at RAF Lakenheath, at Clare Priory, at the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Quidenham, at the care home of the Sisters of Our Lady of Grace and Compassion in Great Barton, and in the villages of Cavendish and Woolpit. [3]
parish name | church | location | web | founded | building |
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Our Lady & the English Martyrs | Our Lady of the Assumption & the English Martyrs, Cambridge | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | c. 1841 | 1890 | |
St Laurence | St Laurence, Cambridge | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | early C20th | 1958 | |
St Etheldreda | St Etheldreda, Ely | Ely, Cambridgeshire | c. 1890 | 1903 | |
Sacred Heart | Sacred Heart, St Ives | St Ives, Cambridgeshire | late C19th | 1902 |
Masses are also said at RAF Alconbury, at Blackfriars, the Dominican Priory of St Michael, Cambridge, at Fisher House University Chaplaincy, and in the villages of Bar Hill and Papworth Everard. [3]
parish name | church | location | web | founded | building |
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Great Yarmouth | St Mary, Great Yarmouth | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk | 1824 | 1850 |
1No longer listed on diocesan website.
On 13 March 1976 , by the decree Quod Ecumenicum, Pope Paul VI formed the Diocese of East Anglia (from the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk) out of the Diocese of Northampton.
On 2 June 1976, the new diocese received its first bishop, Alan Clark. Bishop Clark had previously been auxiliary bishop of Northampton and co-chairman of ARCIC (Anglican/Roman Catholic International Commission), with the cathedral being established at the former parish church of St John the Baptist, Norwich. As the first bishop of the new diocese, Bishop Clark had to set up all the necessary instruments and commissions for the diocese to operate successfully. The establishment of the Diocesan Pastoral Council in 1987 strengthened these.
The diocese continued to grow with the development of the diocesan offices and diocesan tribunal attached to Bishop's House in Poringland near Norwich. Bishop Clark led a number of Lourdes pilgrimages. [16]
The diocese makes up part of the Catholic Association Pilgrimage.
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